For Paulina, spending time outdoors has always been a great conduit to connecting with other people, especially her own family. Perennial visitors to our country’s…

A recent study, published in Scientific Reports, has found that spending more time outdoors in childhood can prevent near-sightedness. Interestingly, outside time can also “offset”…

Susan Rex and Britt Doerr had one of their first dates outdoors, a picnic along French Creek. Britt said it was love at first sight.…

Gregory Blue is a West Chester-based painter, but he considers himself an observer first and foremost. “When we take the time to look closely, to…

Late last year, the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture announced plans to ban the sale of burning bush, Euonymus alatus. Burning bush is an invasive species,…

At Stoneleigh: a natural garden, a London planetree—close cousin to the native American sycamore—has towered over the Main House for more than 150 years. Its…

In the fall of 2021, Villanova University’s Nature Writing Workshop met at Stoneleigh: a natural garden to take inspiration from that unique space. It was…

About a half-mile as the crow flies from the Philadelphia Airport, amid the tidal marsh and mudflats at the southernmost point of Darby Creek, a…